TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Dec 7, 2015

The U.S. Supreme court today announced it will not hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in a Chicago suburb, The New York Times reports. “The court’s action will encourage gun control advocates to push for bans on assault weapons,” said Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of California. “This is one of the items at the top of the gun control agenda. Now advocates have less to fear from the courts on this issue.”